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The X axis is on a log scale. On a non-log scale, happiness tapers off and reaches a plateau https://images.app.goo.gl/aPzq1HaJz3Ejxopz6 https://images.app.goo.
by paraschopra 7y ago
The X axis is on a log scale. On a non-log scale, happiness tapers off and reaches a plateau https://images.app.goo.gl/aPzq1HaJz3Ejxopz6 https://images.app.goo.gl/aPzq1HaJz3Ejxopz6
- hjk05 7y agoTrue, so in the spirit of discussion let me phrase a hypothesis from the two facts we have established: 1. Material wealth grows without the number of happy people growing, and 2. Happiness increase tapers off as a function of wealth. The hypothesis: material wealth increase in the world is concentrated with people who are already happy. I don’t have numbers or regencies to back this up, but I have read countless times now that inequality is on the rise. Could it be simply that even as material wealth increases we are just horribly bad as a society at spreading that wealth to the bottom tiers where it would actually make a tremendous difference?
- paraschopra 7y agoYes, I'd contend you're right.